Dr. Mert N. Aksu, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Dr. Michael Conte, Newark, N.J.; Dr. Susan L. Dietrich, Ocala, Fla.; Dr. Patrick M. Lloyd, owa City, Iowa; Dr. Douglas N. Dederich, New Orleans; Dr. Ana Karina Mascarenhas, Boston; Dr. Michael D. McCunniff, Kansas City, Mo.; Dr. Peter M. Spalding, Lincoln, Neb.; Dr. Nader A. Nadershahi, San Francisco; Dr. Melanie R. Peterson, Louisville, Ky.; Dr. Frank A. Scannapieco, Buffalo, N.Y.; and Dr. George W. Taylor, Ann Arbor, Mich.; were named to the 2003–2004 class of the American Dental Education Association Leadership Institute.
Dr. Bruce Ashendorf, Atlanta, was named president of the Thomas P. Hinman Dental Society. Dr. William M. Callahan, Atlanta, was named general chair of the Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting.
Dr. Theodore T. Fortier, Los Angeles, received the Human Dignity Award from the Metropolitan YMCA of Los Angeles.
Dr. Timothy McNamara, Greenfield, Wis., was elected president of the Midwest Society of Periodontology. Other officers are Dr. Timothy Walsh, Berwyn, Ill., president-elect; Dr. Catherine Bishop, Moline, Ill., vice president; Dr. Hom-Lay Wang, Ann Arbor, Mich., secretary; and Dr. Jon Jenkins, Edina, Minn., treasurer. Dr. Georgia K. Johnson, Iowa City, Iowa, is immediate past president.
